Chapter 21 Return to Battle

"Victory…victory…victory." filled the airwaves as the Earth Forces and the three ships fell back.

"Heero tell me your seen something like this before?" said Dearka

"Not on this scale." stated Heero as he landed on the Archangel.

"I can't believe it." said Dearka as he floated up to Heero as he got out of his machine.

"I can but I still don't like it." said Heero as the two pilots floated away leaving the repairs and rearming to the repair crews.

"That thing is on a level above even nukes." said Dearka as Heero nodded as the floated out of the hanger only to find captain Ramius.

"Heero would you join me we are having a meeting on the Eternal." said Ramius as he nodded before joining her on the shuttle heading over to the Eternal.

"Focus on rearming for another attack." ordered Azrael.

"But sir, we have lost over 50% of our fleet and most of our remaining forces are heavily damaged." said Badgiruel

"Who cares we need to destroy that weapon before they have a chance to replace the aiming array and fire again." said Azrael.

"So what was that thing?" asked Kira as he, Athrun, Heero and the Captains plus Erica floated around a digital map table.

"It was a gamma ray burst." said Erica "They detonated a nuke then focused all its energy into a single ray destroying everything in its path. If this thing hit the Earth it would destroy every form of life."

"It's worst then that." Said Heero as everyone looked at him. "That thing has to be made of your phase shift armor making it extremely hard to take down. That is also not counting the defense lines that Zaft has placed around it."

"So how do we bring this thing down?" asked Cagalli

"Zero says there are four likely ways." said Heero "First is the simplest you hit it with everything we have until it breaks but it is also the hardest. Second is to have a nuclear explosion within Genesis itself. If we take that route either the Freedom or the Justice will have to do it, that is probably the best bet."

"What is the third option?" asked Lacus

"My buster rifle." said Heero "If I can fire my rifle the moment before it fires it will turn Genius into dust but I will have to be point blank range when it fires. Even with Gundanium, death would almost be guaranteed."

"Ok, those three options are all bad what is the fourth?" asked Cagalli

"Take over the command center of Genius and stop it before it has a chance to fire." Said Heero

"Alright we will try for that." said Ramius

"Let's start making preparations." said Lacus before an alarm went off.

"What is it?" asked Waltfeld over the intercom.

"The Earth Forces have started moving again." an operator responded back.

"Damn! Looks like we have no choice but to go now." said Waltfeld as everyone started toward the lift.

"Kira can you stay for a second." said Lacus

"Sure." said Kira as the rest disappeared. "What do you want Lacus?"

"I want you to have this." said Lacus as she put a silver ring in Kira's hands. Kira's eyes widened.

"But Lacus I can't take this no matter how much I would want to. You and Athrun are engaged." said Kira as he lowered his head.

"Don't worry about that Kira, Athrun was the one who returned the ring, he loves someone else just like I love you." said Lacus with a smile as she wrapped Kira's hands around the ring. "Just promise me your come back to me."

"I promise Lacus." said Kira.

"I have a feeling you're not telling us something, Heero." said Ramius as she and Heero made the short shuttle trip back to the Archangel.

"It is nothing important." said Heero

"Everything is important right now." stated Ramius.

"If I fire my buster rifle at Genesis right when it fires and the radiation doesn't kill me which is a 99.5% of happen I would have about a 50% chance of getting home." said Heero as the shuttle came to a stop inside the Archangel. "However, me getting home isn't worth having your earth be destroyed if I time it to late."

"You're going out?" asked Athrun as he floated next to Cagalli by a window looking out at Earth.

"Why not, I have more mobile suit time then most of the M-1 pilots and with the finished Strike Rouge." said Cagalli as Athrun just looked at her. "And don't give me that look, you take to many risks out there. Ones I wouldn't dream about doing and I am not going to let you die out there."

Athrun just stood their stunned before he smiled. "Also I will not let the person who may be my little brother die."

"Little brother…couldn't he be your big bother?" asked Athrun with a grin

"No way he is younger." said Cagalli

"I guess you're right." said Athrun before he did something unexpected, he pulled Cagalli to him and hugged her.

"I'm lucky to have meet you." said Athrun

"Athrun." said Cagalli with a blush.

"We can protect each other." said Athrun as he pulled back and just looked into her eyes before closing them as they closed together and kissed her lips.

It took only a few minutes to reach the battlefield but already it was a mess of Zaft forces fighting the Earth Forces. "Launch all mobile suits." Ordered Ramius as Wing Zero flew out followed by the Strike. Zero transformed into his jet mode as the Freedom and Justice got into the METEORs. The Buster and the Strike flew next to the Archangel as the M-1's and a red Strike, called the Strike Rouge piloted Cagalli hung around the Kusanagi and the Eternal.

"So they want us to stop Genesis and any Earth Forces nuclear attack?" asked Dearka "Is that even possible."

"Then why don't you give up." snapped Miriallia as she cut the link

"Hey?" asked Dearka as she appeared again.

"I'm sorry, be careful." Said Miriallia as Dearka smiled at her as the Buster launched.

"The array is in place." Said the Zaft soldier

"Where is the Natural's fleet?" asked Patrick Zala

"Right where we want them, yellow 13." said the operator

"Alright arm Genesis aim at Ptolemaeus lunar base." ordered Patrick Zala as Genesis started to arm.

"Shall I go out and help?" asked Rau Le Creuset

"Yes, take the Providence." said Patrick Zala

"Yes, sir." said Le Creuset.

"Also no more blunders, to make up for not destroying the Eternal make sure they don't attack the Plants with it." ordered Patrick

"Even if it means killing your son?"

"Of course." said Zala

"Yes, sir." Said Le Creuset as he walked away.

"Captain, heat source." said Sai "It's the Dominion."

"Captain, heat source." said the operator on the Dominion "It's the Archangel."

"So they are back." said Azrael "No matter we will deal with them after that weapon and the Plants are gone."

Meanwhile inside Jachin Due Rau Le Creuset took some pills before putting on his space suit. He headed into the hanger to see the X-13 Providence. It had a large star shaped back and a huge beam rifle. As he hopped inside the machine he turned on its nuclear power system. "Providence cleared to launch." said the operator as the hanger opened.

"Rau Le Creuset Providence launching." said Le Creuset as his mobile suit flew out.

"N-jammer Cancellers activated, target is locked."

"Alright let's end this war. Fire!" ordered Zala as Genesis fired.

"We're too late" yelled Kira

"What's its target?" asked Athrun

"The moon." stated Heero as the beam cut through the Earth Forces once again and even hit the reinforcements before hitting the moon destroying the entire Earth Forces base.

"Incoming message from the backup fleet, over half our forces were destroyed." said the radio man on the Dominion.

"What?" asked Azrael as his eyes widened before he jumped to the radio station where Flay sat. He quickly got Captain Sutherland on the line.

"Chairman Azrael?"

"Send out the Peacemaker Force!" yelled Azrael

"But sir? What about Genesis?" asked Badgiruel

"Shut up and follow my orders, the war will be over once we destroy the Plants!" yelled Azrael as he pulled a gun from his coat and aimed it at Badgiruel.

"Right we will launch." said Sutherland as he cut the link.

"Captain four Agamemnon ships and the Dominion, multiple mobile armors being launched from the Agamemnon ships." said Sai

"That must be where the nukes are." said Ramius "Eternal and Kusanagi take care of Genesis."

"Wing Zero will join you." said Heero as he appeared on the screen "Athrun and Kira can work on Genesis."

"Alright." said Ramius

"Archangel approaching." said the operator on the Dominion as Azrael still had his gun pointed at Badgiruel.

"Well now that we understand each other. Now take down that ship full of traitors and coordinator lovers!" yelled Azrael as the nukes launched from the Peacemaker force only to have the missiles destroyed by the Freedom and the Justice.

"There back." said Yzak as he sat inside his Duel. Suddenly his suit shook as Raider's mace hit its back.

"Look like I'm going to get you." said Clotho as he charged his beam weapons. Only to be hit in his own back. Yzak looked to see the Buster there.

"Dearka?" said Yzak

"Come on Yzak lets take this guy down." said Dearka.

"Yes." Said Yzak as he and Dearka started fighting the Raider

"Aim Valiants and Gottfrieds at those Agamemnon class ships." said Ramius as the Archangel's weapons turned on the closest ship.

"Stop them from destroying our ships." ordered Azrael before the closest ship exploded in a ball of flames. "What?"

Slowly Wing Zero appeared through the flames before raising his buster rifle right at the Dominion. "Bow down 30." Ordered Badgirual as the Dominion pitched down and rolled right. Heero's buster rifle ripped through space missing the Dominion.

"Good, he missed." said Azrael before he noticed that the other Agamemnon ship exploded.

"He didn't miss." said Badgirual. "Aim Gottfrieds and Helldarts shoot down Wing Zero."

"No have the Calamity do that, take down the Archangel." ordered Azrael as he hit the radio again. A second later Heero moved to avoid the beam cannons.

"I don't have time to deal with you." Thought Heero as he pulled his beam saber and charged forward dodging the fire from Calamity. He stopped right in front of the Calamity.

"Why won't you die?" asked Orga as Wing Zero's eyes flashed before his saber cut right through the Calamity.

"Fire!" yelled both Badgirual and Ramius as their ships began to fire back and forth.

"We will break through the right." Said Waltfeld as the Eternal and the Kusanagi fought against the Zaft ships fighting to protect Genesis. However they had already lost half their M-1's. Cagalli was firing like a mad woman hitting the enemy who had taken away her friends.

"Cagalli look out!" yelled Kira as he noticed a GINN coming in on Cagalli's Strike Rouge but before she could move Athrun flew down destroying it.

"Thanks." said Cagalli as she fired at a GINN who was aiming at the Justice. "Looks like we are protecting each other."

"Yes we are Cagalli." said Athrun with a smile as they went back to fighting. Meanwhile La Flaga was having his own problems. He was dodging fire coming from all sides as he fought Le Le Creuset in the Providence. Le Creuset smiled as his small spines flew off his suit's back before flying around firing beams at La Flaga in the Strike.

"You're a madman Le Creuset!" yelled La Flaga as Le Creuset just laughed.

"Maybe I am but no matter Humanity will fall into the darkness that created me." Said Le Creuset as his beams finally hit the Strike's right arm and left leg.

"Captain the Strike is returning, it's heavily damaged." said Miriallia as Ramius's eyes widened as she turned on her small screen to see the cockpit of the Strike was full of smoke.

"I'm ok, damn that Le Creuset I'll get him next time." said La Flaga

"Tell me later." said Ramius as ship came to a stop and the hanger open.

"There it stopped hit it." ordered Astral

"We are to heavily damaged to fight, our only offensive weapon is the Lohengrin 2 and that is damaged as well. If we fire that we may blow up." Stated Badgiruel to Azrael

"I DON"T CARE ABOUT THIS SHIP JUST DESTORY THAT SHIP!" yelled Azrael at the top of his lungs as one of the operators started the system.

"Archangel you have to move!" yelled Flay into the radio only to find Azreal's gun pointed at her.

"Traitor!" he yelled but before he could fire Badgiruel pounced. Slamming Azrael against the wall as they started wrestling for the gun. "What another one?"

"All hands abandon ship, head to the Archangel." ordered Badgiruel as everyone abandoned the bridge. Just as the last person got off the gun went off. Instantly Azrael threw the bleeding Badgiruel back before making toward the door but before he could escape Badgiruel made it to her seat and sealed the doors.

"What?"

"You're a monster that needs to die here and now." Said Badgiruel as Azrael made his way to on eof the control panels. "Now what?"

"I can still win." said Azrael as he armed the Lohengrin

"Stop!" yelled Badgiruel as the Dominion's Lohengrin fired.

"Captain!" yelled Sai as the glowing beam of light headed toward the Archangel.

"Evade!" ordered Ramius

"Too late." said Neumann as the beam came closer to the ship's bridge. Suddenly the Strike came down and used his shield to take the blast.

"Mu!" yelled Ramius as the Strike shook under the force of the Lohengrin.

"Didn't I say I could make the impossible possible, Murrue!" yelled La Flaga before the Strike went up in a huge explosion.

"MU!" yelled Murrue with tears in her eyes. Badgiruel smiled at the sight of the Archangel still intact.

"Looks like you failed." stated Badgiruel as Azreal's eyes widened.

"AIM LOHENGRIN!" ordered Ramius with tears in her eyes as the Lohengrin aimed at the Dominion. "FIRE!"

Azrael stood on the bridge stunned as the Lohengrin came closer and closer. Before he could do anything the bridge took a direct hit blowing up. That explosion caused a chain reaction that destroyed the Dominion.

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